11 Painful Reasons Why You Fail To Increase Blog Traffic

If you have been a blogger for 2 to 10 years and you continue to find it difficult to gain traction in your niche, then I may have a few reasons why you struggle to increase blog traffic.

You see there are many bloggers who continue to create blog posts month after month, year after year with tiny improvements.

They are led to believe that this is normal, and that blogging should be this hard. They choose to continue on this path with a long-term flicker of hope.

The truth is that many bloggers struggle on some very minor things that they don’t even realise that they are ‘doing wrong’.

After reading and commenting on over 100 blogs in the last 6 months I have come to realise that maybe they just don’t know, and someone needs to make them aware.

In this post, I am going to outline a few simple tweaks that are pretty obvious to some and not to others.

These tweaks are what makes the difference between a professional blogger who has experienced rapid growth in a matter of months compared to the 5-year blogger who still struggles to increase blog traffic.

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1. Blog Layout to Increase Website Traffic

This may not have occurred to you yet, but have you spent time assessing the layout of the paragraphs on your blog?

In this particular case when I talk about blog layout, I am referring to the giving your reader the best experience possible.

If you want to become a full-time blogger you may want to consider switching from Blogger, WordPress.com and Wix over to a self-hosted platform like WordPress.org.

Over to you, what has been your experience so far when it comes to blogging? What has worked for you? What are your struggles so far?

Please leave your feedback in the comments and I will be happy to address any further questions or concerns.

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I do find it very annoying when someone repeats the name of the post, or the keywords, all though the post, in every subtitle. It is so annoying and, as a reader, it spoils the user experience and makes me want to leave the website.

I’ve taken my notes. I’ll agree that collaborating with other bloggers is such an easy and great way to increase blog traffic. I’ve done that and it exposes me to new audiences that appreciate my work. Above all, quality content is king!

I’m almost hitting the year anniversary for my blog and it still amazes me how much I don’t know or understand. This is a really important post for someone like me. Although I don’t plan on being a full-time blogger, I still want my blog to grow. I enjoy sharing thoughts and ideas. But I would like to expand my reach.

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